David Blevins wrote: > I think that might have been an Amelia "no" (i.e. a yes).
Hehe! I know that "No" too ;-) > You saying > you like the idea of the server sending the md5 down and having the > client simply send it back, no inspection on the client side -- i.e. the > version number idea from before but sending the md5 as we would have > sent the version number? Or are you referring to the same version > number idea as before? Kind of a hybrid. The MD5 would be the number...that is the "version" so-to-speak. Server will check if that number matches its own (it was calculated when it first had a cluster setup). If they are the same, its business as usual. If the cluster changes, then the server changes its number and then there is a difference the next time the client comes knocking. Thus an update will occur. The reason why I like to use the MD5 as the version number is all servers theoretically would calculate the same MD5 (or even a simpler lighter algo) and thus always have the same version number w/o having to share that between all servers. Jeff > > -David
